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I made an app ---- I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve officially launched a new app! This journey has been an incredible masterclass in problem-solving and perseverance. I’m so exc…

My favourite colour is blue. Oh, no, it is...

Yep, I did as well. And visited the site to see how cops used fake accounts... So... Clickbait title? ;-)

It just got into an "we is you" type of interaction. Never got a question myself.

The point the story tries to make is that the Hawk learned traffic signals. That is not necessarily the case. It could be that the hawk just sees that the cars are blocking the sig…

There are big disadvantages from choosing e g. 5th normal form: any changing in business requirements leads to a big rewrite and data conversion. Never seen successful projects cho…

What I missed in the piece is a description on how they did against the Dutch. Both Spanish and French were more ‘land type’ armies, as a Dutchmen I remember in the history wé were…

A variation of the theory that there are only 7 different stories told in (fiction) books.

Have a complete different experience. As a physical major, did a famous Millikan's oil drop experiment. Am a terrible experimentalist (went on to do my PhD in theoretical physics),…

CommunicateD ?

Replying to your other questions: Its been a while since I played chess regularly (in a chess club), but: Two bishops (of different colour) is actually not that difficult. There ar…

But there is a reasoning (see my reply above): winning is not possible (only the queen is strong enough against two bishops), so draw should be the goal. And underpromoting to knig…

Winning is not possible: only the queen is strong enough to win against two bishops, and that fails to the check and loss of queen from black tiled bishop. So draw is most one can …

And: I think it is very difficult to gain weight by eating to many cucumbers ;-)

Well, winning with checkmate in just a few moves is also possible (d4 d5 - c4 dxc4 - e4 d8xd4 and after d1xd4, d4c4, c4xc7 and c7xc8 won by checkmate). I guess playing 'good' chess…

Yes. But the question remains: is there a geometrical analogue?

Yes, the /p is the problem (as the person above you stated).

Played the game (from 1M to 2.3M, a batting (?) average of 63.64%). Played big three times: one a big loss, twice a big win. Takeaway from the game: feels a bit like lottery (altho…

Sure. Had to do some searching;-) Info on thesis: https://dare.uva.nl/search?identifier=0ae63403-264b-4bf0-91c... The document itself (self hosted) https://gofile.me/7uDSJ/sGJCFD3W…

Answers to your questions: 1): all the way to the left, a mirror with a reflectivity|r| of 1 (or a 100%). In the middle an |r| of slightly below 1. Yes, optical, system with photon…

Interesting to read this, 27 years after my PhD* (theoretical physics), in which I did compare the view WITH and the view WITHOUT ‘unknowns’ causing entropy as a driver. * My PhD w…

Not a (former) mathematicien (but as a former PhD student in theoretical physics still some affinity with math): I remember being shocked when, having derived a result using pen an…

I guess this is a matter of ‘bubbles’. Most people I know that have a Linux box at home - including my parents - are not and have never been sysadmins. But this is probably because…

Dutch person here (have been told we are some of the most direct people): my experience is that it is not the words but the intention. E.g. the 'give more training' example: 'I do …

Can I plugin my app here? If on Android, use navigateanymap.eu, snap a picture of that map from 1565, match some features using OpenStreetMap (although things like rivers, roads an…